Workers in the field refer to the perceptual crevasse which separates acceptable caricature from accurate representation as “the uncanny valley”—and the “The Polar Express” fell right into it.

业内人士把可接受的漫画夸大同精确的模拟之间可被感知的差异地带称作“诡异谷”——《极地快车》正好跌进里面。

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One problem was that the facial-capture system used in "the Polar Express" could not capture eye movements.

其中一个问题是，《极地速递》中运用的面部表情捕捉系统无法捕捉眼睛的运动。

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A further step forward came with "the Polar Express" (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis, the first entirely computer-generated film to use facial capture.

罗伯特•泽米基斯导演的《极地速递》(2004)则更上一层楼，它是第一部运用面部捕捉技术的完全由电脑生成的电影。

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Incredibles, The Polar Express and Shark Tale are nominated for the feature film children's Bafta.

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That same year he had a revelation, after watching The Polar Express, that 3-D would be the future of filmmaking.

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This offered scientific proof of why viewers may have been especially disturbed by the dead-eyed characters in The Polar Express, and why film producers need to be mindful of the uncanny valley.

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